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What causes an earthquake when sections of the crust move?
When plates under the surface move together, one plate is bent under. This causes friction and when the plate is released, there is an earthquake. This is elastic rebound. Imagine a ruler being bent downward and then springing up again; this is the same concept for an earthquakes focus.
Why are earthquakes created at plate boundaries?
It's the only place they can occur. Over a continuous, solid part of the tectonic plate, there are no earthquakes - if the plate shifts, it shifts as one whole unit - no earthquake (maybe an ominous rumble or quiver, but that's about it). At boundaries, shift causes one edge to collide with another. Something's got to give. One or the other plate has to move up, down, forward or back. Any of those are called an "earthquake".
What type of fault was the Great Chilean Earthquake on?
The plate boundary the Chile earthquake occurred on in 2010 was the converging boundary. A converging boundary is when two plates move closer together. In this case the converging boundary moved so close together that the plates hut one another. They then subducted under on another and the earthquake was formed.
How does heat from the earth's core create and destroy the earth?
Heat from the Earth's core creates convection currents in the magma found under the Earth's crust and above the core. These currents constantly move the "tectonic plates" of the crust. At rifts in the crust (places where two plates are moving apart), the two plates push away from each other, and new rock is formed, which becomes part of the plate and the Earth's crust (creation). At "subduction zones" (where one plate folds under another), the crust is slowly pushed under the other plate and the weight of it along with gravity pulls it back into the center of the Earth where it melts and becomes magma once again (destruction). It's a cycle :)
What does subduction of plate tectonics mean?
Subduction may be used as a geological term referring to the process of one of Earth's tectonic plates sliding under another. It also can refer to the act of subducting, especially of turning the eye downward.
Do tectonic plates only move by sliding past one another?
No. Subduction involves one plate being pushed under another.
What type of plate techtonic is Yellow Stone National Park and how was it created?
yellowstone is related to the plate techtonics because under the earth the plates move, under the park which a long time ago caused a volcano.
What is plate heat exchangers?
a plate heat exchanger is a metal plate which is will be in contact with another item eg air or another metal object to move heat from one to another
When was Move Under Ground created?
Move Under Ground was created on 2004-05-15.
What is the Plate under the ocean?
Techtonic plates move under the earth moving land and water.
How do plate movements form oceans trenches?
As plates move toward each other, one plate sinks under the other plate.
Is the subduction zone being created or destroyed?
A subduction zone is a tectonic boundary where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another. So, in a subduction zone, the process of subduction is taking place, rather than being created or destroyed.
What happens under the sea that a tsunami has to take place?
When two tectonic plates move. For example one goes under another to cause water to be pushed up and more the plate moves higher the tsunami is.
When a seafloor plate slides under a continental plate during subduction what type of plate boundary its called?
it i called a subduction zone when a plate sinks below another
What is a hypothesis for plate movement?
when pressure builds under the plates they move in opposite directions.
What is another name for a divergent plate boundary?
Another name for a divergent plate boundary is a constructive plate boundary. This is because new crust is created and the plates move away from each other, leading to the formation of mid-ocean ridges and volcanic activity.
What type of boundary where one plate slides under another?
It is a convergent boundary, where two plates move towards/collide/converge into each other. The lighter plate will then float above the denser plate. The part of the denser plate which sank will subduct then melt and become a magma chamber.This boundary is also known as a destructive boundary.
